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The Plano fashion blogger and model who lost an eye and her hand in a runway accident last December told the NBC’s Today Show on Thursday that she was feeling good and hasn’t had any pain since January, which “is a blessing.”
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy In a 911 call released Wednesday, a friend of a Kaleb ‘Fred” Langdale told the dispatcher: “A gator just got my friend,” and that the teen’s arm wasn’t attached. Langdale was swimming Monday in a Glades County river in Florida when an alligator […]
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The appearance of the characters from the United States, North Korea’s enemy, was remarkable fare on tightly controlled North Korean television, which usually shows more somber and overtly political programs.
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(Above: Illustration by Gary He) By Tony Freemantle On Nov. 3, 1948, a triumphant Harry S. Truman celebrated his re-election as president the day before by holding up for the world to see a Chicago Tribune newspaper wrongly heralding the victory of his opponent, New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. The image became an iconic […]
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A Connecticut novelty toy company is selling a “tanorexic” action figure based on the New Jersey mother accused of taking her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. Patricia Krentcil, 44, pleaded not guilty last week to child endangerment after police accused her exposing her child to potentially harmful ultraviolent rays. The case has drawn international […]
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Former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann recently became a citizen of Switzerland after her husband claimed his heritage. “Congresswoman Bachmann’s husband is of Swiss descent so she has been eligible for dual-citizenship since they got married in 1978,” Becky Rogness said in a statement to POLITICO, which first reported the story in the United States. […]
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